Native Slugs

Due to finding slugs fascinating ever since I was a child, I keep all the slugs shown on this page - not all of them deserve a bad reputation
as a garden pest as some of them only eat dead plant matter & others are mainly predatory.

All of our native slugs are kept in a shaded, unheated shed with average temperatures:
Winter: 5 - 10*C
​Summer: 15 - 22*C

Boettgerilla Pallens - Worm Slug
Adult Size 6cm
Preferred Food: worm casts, baby worms, baby slugs or snails, eggs from snails & other slugs, lichens & fungi.

​A mostly subterranean species adapted to moving through worm tunnels to nibble on small worms, worm droppings & eggs from other slug species but this slug will occasionally surface in damp conditions to prey on baby snails.

Limacus Flavus
Adult Size: 8 - 13cm
​Key ID Points:
Colour: pale yellow - brown. Tentacles: blue or steel grey. Tubercules: small & fine. Keel stripe long - extends almost half the body length. Tail is slender & finely tapered.
Preferred Food: lichens, fungi, algae, dead plant material. Will also feed on scraps and wet bird, dog or cat food.

Photos coming soon

Limacus Maculatus
Adult Size: 8 - 13cm
Key ID Points:
​Colour: mustard - dark green. Tentacles greyish. Tubercules large & coarse. Keel stripe short. Tail is plump & cylindrical.
​Preferred Food: lichens, fungi, algae, dead plant material. Will also feed on scraps and wet bird, dog or cat food.

Limacus Sp. orange / brown
​A hybrid that comes from the wild breeding of Limacus Flavus & Limacus Maculatus and has external characteristics of both species.
​Adult Size: 8 - 10cm
Preferred Food: lichens, fungi, algae, dead plant material. Will also feed on scraps and wet bird, dog or cat food.

Limax Cinereoniger - Ash Black Slug
​Adult Size: 20 - 25cm

Limax Maximus - Leopard Slug
​Adult Size: 15 - 20cm

Tandonia Budapestensis
Adult Size: 7cm
​Preferred Food: lichens, fungi, potato, sweet potato, lettuce